tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641190306015523589.post7848095648664952037..comments2023-10-15T07:00:41.057-05:00Comments on Mischievous Kristin: The MasterLab Experience, Part ThreeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641190306015523589.post-20757792309506714022015-07-28T18:38:43.564-05:002015-07-28T18:38:43.564-05:00Re-read this and want to clarify- I don't mean...Re-read this and want to clarify- I don't mean that you need to rewrite any of your blog post!! Only trying to elucidate the thoughts I tried to convey. (smile)Marina Tsaplinahttp://www.thebetes.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641190306015523589.post-50383696749020145122015-07-28T18:17:22.004-05:002015-07-28T18:17:22.004-05:00Kristin- hello, and thanks so much for your thorou...Kristin- hello, and thanks so much for your thorough coverage of MasterLab 2015! It was indeed a very powerful experience.<br />I wanted to clarify something in what you wrote regarding my presentation on "Narrative Health and Social Justice":<br /><br /> "Advocacy cannot happen if we aren't present. If we just hangout on the sidelines, nothing is going to happen. "<br /><br />Though this statement is certainly true, this is not quite what I meant when I used the word "presence". Specifically, I said "Agency cannot happen without us becoming present."<br /><br />This type of presence is connected to the much deeper process of an individual becoming present to themselves, present to their entire emotional realm of experience as they become fully alive, so that each of us may act ethically on behalf of the cause we advocate for. We do not make ethical decisions when we are numb, or when any part of us is numb, and thus what I had everyone repeat: "I shall not be made numb."<br /><br />So that statement in this blog post can be rewritten to say " "Ethical advocacy cannot happen if we aren't present. When we are numb, our ability to create change is greatly diminished."<br /><br />The presentation is here: <br />http://www.slideshare.net/TheBetesOrg/narrative-healthsocial-justice<br /><br />Please feel free to write if you'd like to continue the conversation! marina (at) thebetes (dot) orgMarina Tsaplinahttp://www.thebetes.orgnoreply@blogger.com